Disk drive motor
View Patent ↗A ring-shaped back yoke and a ring-shaped magnet are provided on a bottom surface of a ring-shaped opening part formed at a central portion of an alignment ring of a turntable part. The back yoke is provided with a protruding pawl which protrudes in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the back yoke, and the alignment ring is provided with a through hole into which the protruding pawl is inserted when mounting the back yoke to the alignment ring. The protruding pawl of the back yoke and an upper surface of a rotor frame are fixed together using an adhesive.
1. A disk drive motor including a disk clamp mechanism configured such that a ring-shaped back yoke and a ring-shaped magnet are provided on a bottom surface of a ring-shaped opening part formed at a central portion of an alignment ring of a turntable part,
wherein the back yoke is provided with a protruding pawl which protrudes in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the back yoke, the alignment ring is provided with a through hole into which the protruding pawl is inserted when mounting the back yoke to the alignment ring, and the protruding pawl of the back yoke and an upper surface of a rotor frame are fixed together using an adhesive.
2. The disk drive motor according to claim 1 ,
wherein the protruding pawl is provided on an inner diameter side of the back yoke, and the through hole is provided on an inner diameter side of the ring-shaped opening part of the alignment ring.
3. The disk drive motor according to claim 1 ,
wherein an engaging part which contacts the protruding pawl of the back yoke and prevents the back yoke from uplifting when adhering the back yoke and the rotor frame is provided at an axial upper side of the through hole of the alignment ring.
4. The disk drive motor according to claim 1 ,
wherein an outer periphery of the back yoke is discontinuously formed with notches such that the back yoke has an outer shape of a substantial polygon.